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Weddings, joyous occasions of love and celebration, often come with a delicate balancing act: the creation of the guest list. While it’s a time of excitement and anticipation, the decision of who to invite to your special day can be a daunting task. The desire to share this special moment with loved ones clashes with the realities of venue capacity and budget constraints.
Navigating this social minefield requires a blend of tact, sensitivity, and a clear understanding of priorities.
The type of guests
An individual should breakdown the guest list into categories like Family, In-laws, Friends, Workmates and well wishers. This will help with deciding who can come and who can be left out of the guest list. For example, family is very important. They must be first on the list, but among the family, it should also be broken down to close family and distant relatives.
How to decide which friends to invite
Invite friends based on how long that person has been in touch, an individual should scale down to friends who have been in touch regularly. If, for example, one has not hard any communication with a friend for the last five years then such a one should be struck off the guest list.
Which relatives do you invite?
When it comes to relatives, one should avoid inviting all the cousins simply because they all fall into this category. Only invite the ones who have been in touch. One should not feel guilty for not inviting a cousin who has perhaps never even seen the person or kept in touch at all.
Should you invite children?
Depending on the wedding type you want and the number of children on your immediate guest list. It may be easier to leave out children; this will greatly help with numbers. Only invite children who are part of the close family. It helps much if the invitation indicates “Adult Reception.” This will scale down the numbers to manageable numbers and hence reduce costs, too.
Which workmates should you invite to your wedding
When it comes to workmates, one should only invite those that they freely interact with, one should not feel obliged to invite the entire office which will include workmates to whom they hardly talk.
Reassess your guest list before confirming who will be invited
After making the wedding guest list, then one must make the final one from the first one if they are having trouble with bringing down the numbers. This should now be limited to only the very close family, friends and workmates, these should be people that the individual would love to see on their wedding day.
One should also leave room for well wishers’ invitations, these are normally people that may not be close, but it is polite to invite them especially if they have offered a contribution towards the wedding expenses.
By the end of it all, one should have a guest list that includes all the people they would like to celebrate with on their wedding day.
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